I realise I am surfing the rim here, but...

system service hwclock allows changes to or from system time.

Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time.
# hwclock --systohc

Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock.
# hwclock --hctosys

# hwclock --set --date="8:20:05"

But, generally I set the bios to UTC and the system takes care of the rest.

All the best.

I often do this when tidying up the start process... for services I use and not everything available, especially for accessability services.

rc-update del sudo default
rc-update add sudo off
rc-update add ssh off
rc-update del ssh default
rc-update del saned default
rc-update add saned off
rc-update add nethack-common off
rc-update del nethack-common default
rc-update del fetchmail default
rc-update add fetchmail off
rc-update add exim4 off
rc-update del exim4 default

.... (plus a whole lot more where I profer to start them myself when required.)

If you type rc-update you'll get a complete list for your system. (I'm using open-rc)

you may put that line anywhere under the standard info (head), but anywhere will work.
If there is a duplicate you may see error complaints, but it (the update and/or installations) should still work.

As for the su changes, I add an entry in to ~/.bash. Generally I put the line with other alias' in the file.
/home/glenn/.bashrc

	alias su='su -'

This way I don't get problems if there's an update/upgrade that changes the way su (substitute user) is invoked.

libc6 is upgraded with excalibur. BPO kernel here. Daedalus backports is on 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 (2025-09-06)

I tried a "apt dist-upgrade" (adding excalibur to my sources.list) to excalibur, but got stuck with usrmerge problems, like /bin is not a link...

I tried to correct that, the folders and contents copied to the relevant directories manually from another OS.

But that hack didn't work for me.

I had installed usrmerge before-hand in preparation but it never finished the install scripts, after --reconfig (dpkg --configure -a) a few times.

I don't know why, but I have read somewhere that usrmerge has problems with separate harddrive partitions for /usr. I generally have separate partitions for /, /boot, /usr, /tmp, /var, swap and /home

So I did a quick backup of /root and /etc and started a clean install.

I had to install seatd to get a login screen

I run kde, and found sddm virtual keyboard fullscreen... I'm using slim to keep the login screen neat looking

I wish there was an "accessabillity" toggle switch/meta package we could switch off all the brail, virtual keyboards and speaking tools from the install process.

But other than those 2 things, My system is running quite nicely, thank you for your efforts.

Hi, for those who must tinker, I have used a script to convert systemd to sysvinit programs, look for

sysd2v.sh

search on this forum and others.
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4865

It does not fix package dependencies, only start|stop services...

I hope this helps.

hi, as a side - note, with "ping" use -c (n) for the number of times to "ping".

I generally use,

ping -c 4

All the best.

Yes, I agree as well for newbies it is important.

I was really thinking about before you install, usually a one liner repeated 2 or 3 times with out too much real info describing what the app does/provides.

I see your point, Nice work.

Looks great. Kinda reminds me of a rubix cube that was left on the driveway... :-) I've saved it for use after I install voodu later today or this weekend. Cheers!

The fix is, we don't use systemd, so forget about that. Debian without systemd.

inittab is here and functioning with Daedalus.
/etc/inittab

# /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $

# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:

# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
# This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin --force

# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
# of runlevel.
#
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot.

l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin --force

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
#kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."

# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop

# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
#  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty --noclear 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
#
# or on a USB serial line
#U0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyUSB0 9600 vt100

# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3

# Example for systemd-nspawn
# Only /dev/console exists inside nspawn, so we need a getty on that.
# Also make sure to comment out the gettys on tty* above.
#C0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -8 --noclear --keep-baud console 115200,38400,9600
c7:2345:respawn:bash -c "cat /proc/kmsg >/dev/tty11"
#c8:2345:respawn:bash -c "cat /var/log/squid/cache.log >/dev/tty10"
#c9:2345:respawn:bash -c "cat /var/log/syslog >/dev/tty9"
c8:2345:respawn:bash -c "tail -f /var/log/squid/access.log >/dev/tty10"

I hope this helps

ffmulticonverter is a nice gui for converting all kinds of multimedia files, I've been using it for years. :-)